The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-10-15
WE 60 A FISHING.


"Hello, Will, what do you say to
trip to the Gssconsde?"
"Say? Why, that want to 60, of
course. When do you start 2"
"In two or three days. The party
will consist, If you GO, OF yapnaolf
Frank T., William NJ, and
Alex. That'll make two Ala -
Bills and Frank. IF the Bill
pay us out we'll have 10 be Franked
through"
"Humphl' was the reply, "we'll
pull through well enough. the main
thing is to get away from business. but
1 reckon can manage it. You may
count on me TO GO"
The first speaker was the narrator Of
this tale; the gentleman he addressed,
the mayor Of the city; Frank T. the
circuit clerk OF the goodly county of
Lafayette, Billy M. q prosperous mer-
chant OF the place, and Alex, the
twelve-year0ld son of the writer.
FormaIity is no part of an outing there.
fore we will in this truthful story sim-
ply distinguish between our two Will
liams by speaking of the mayor as Will
and of the merchant as Billy, being
incited to take the liberty with the lat
ter by the circumstance that while he
has long since arrived at the years of
discretion, he has, SO far, failed to add
to himself the dignity of wife. He
says that this is accounted for by the
fact that he has arrived at years of dis
cretiOn.
1t was about the first OF October,
1886, that l write of. The days were
balmy and soft, the nights deliciOusly
cool but without frost; weather to make
glad the heart OF man, and with just
enough chill in its nocturnal hours to
discourage the mosquito.
am writing this now, months after
the occurrences, but with the tempta-
ton to renew them now at hand, as
much for my own qualification IS tor
that Of the reader, and hence shall
stray aside into occasional! paths Of
fancy which may seem i.nnaterial to Q
consecutive relation of incidents, but |
trust when the last line is penned and
fms is written after the account of this
sOjourn in the woods and upon the
water, that those who love sport and
| nature may have accompanied me, as
| the backwoodsman would say, from
eend to eend.
There IL q good deal in Pope's idea
of the pleasures of anticipation, and h.
is neither man nor sportsman who DE-
not as much enjoy the preparatioQ
All outing as the trip itself. 1t g.
4, k,r.,, l,a
have been boys ourselves, snd E6d1
how it is. The next few days were to
him an epoch of unsllOyed bliss. He
rugged tackle in the daytime, and
dreamed at night that he was catching
bass as long as his ley. He abbreviated
GascOnade to Gasky, mingled little
slang with his talk, but never spoke or
thought of any other subject. His
seniors, all old sportsmen, three of
them soldiers of the civil war, there-
fore veteran campers.Out, TO tell the
truth were not far behind him, and in
their spare moments got together their
! duffie.
Do you want list of il9 Well, here
1t is. One good, heavy A tent; each
fellow his roll of bed clothes, gum
blanket, coat aud an overcoat. A mess
/ box containing boiled him, side of
break fast bacon, big bag of beat bis
cults. pound cake. In tight tin buck
cts, pounds Of granulated sugar. 3
pounds of good coffee. ground;
pounds of lard, and 8 pounds of nice,
yellow butter. Flour, meal, baking
powder, quarter of pound Of tea,
salt, black and cayenne pepper, pickle,
sauce or two, and, don't aver, yorr
head, some onions. However uDretinaI
this esculent may be at home and.
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